Help using the Web Centre Web Site
How to use the Web site
The Web centre site has been arranged into a series of areas that represent the various stages that a person would go through when creating a Web site from scratch. You begin by developing a Plan and the plan helps you generate a Design. With a plan and design in hand you can choose to either get someone else to build your site or, if you have the Basic Skills, then you can attempt it yourself. If you're confident you know enough then you can Build your site. Once it's built you'll need to Maintain it. Once you have your site working then you can start to develop more Advanced skills. Ultimately when you feel like you've got the skills and had a bit of experience then you may feel suited to being a Web Maintainer for the University.
Plan it
Information about how to develop a core plan for your Web site that will identify structure, navigation and scope and will feed into and influence the subsequent design process.
Design it
Information about developing a design for your Web site that will have appropriate tone, use of colour, use of images and takes into account the boundaries that exist within a University environment.
Basic Skills
It's not possible to build/maintain a good Web site without an understanding of some of the core concepts of computer use. This section outlines the basic set of skills that are assumed by the tutorials and guides that follow in the 'Build It' section. Topics covered in this section include basic computer and IT familiarity (including terminology), preparing text for the Web, image file types, optimising images, cropping images and basic steps to make your site conform to Accessibility legislation.
Build it:
This section breaks the process of building a site down into five broad stages and provides specific tutorials in
PDF format at each of these stages. The stages are: setting up your Web folder; laying out your page; core things not to forget; adding text, images and links; uploading and validating.
Maintain it
Specific information about administering and maintaining your site when its 'live' on the University server. Includes information about individual and departmental Web accounts, passwords, Web quotas, ownership and the University Web structure.
Advanced skills
More complex skills and areas of knowledge that are useful to anyone developing a Web site including advanced CSS techniques, advanced image editing, online Web forms and XHTML.
Web Maintainers
Specific information for University departmental/office Web site maintainers relating to responsibilities, the wider Web Maintainer network and registering/changing departmental Web Maintainers.
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